Tropical Pacific Reefs

Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus lineatus

Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Scientific Name: Plectorhinchus lineatus

Also known as: Oblique-Banded Sweetlips

Category: Sweetlips

Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)

Depth: 10-140 ft. (3-43 m)

Distribution: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji